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  • #GenForward: Half of Black Young People Face Job Discrimination

    Almost half of young African Americans say that they’ve experienced racial discrimination while looking for a job and while on the job, and one-third of young women of all races say they’ve faced employment-related gender discrimination, according to the Associated Press. From this, one can draw the logical conclusion that black women are probably the…

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    The Root Staff

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  • Ga. Teenagers Hired on the Spot After Asking for Jobs to Avoid Gangs

    A group of Georgia teens landed themselves summer jobs with the LaGrange (Ga.) Housing Authority after explaining to its head, Zsa Zsa Heard, that they were trying to stay out of trouble, KHOU11 reports. According to Heard in a Facebook post Wednesday, she was approached by the four teens while working in her office. When…

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    Breanna Edwards

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